Louis CK's Concert Movie Will Screen Secretly For One Night Only

I’ve got a thing for Louis C.K. It’s a newfound affection. It's been hip to like his standup for a few years now and while I thought he was funny, I was never as into him as most people seemed to be. I saw his quickly cancelled pay cable show Lucky Louie, and that didn’t do anything for me either. But lately I’ve been watching his new FX series Louie and while every episode isn’t a homerun, most of them are, and when they are, it’s some of the most profound television ever to appear on my living room screen.

A big part of the reason it works so well is the really obtuse way they tie his rather smart stand-up comedy in with the show. In the best episodes of Louie he’ll do a bit from his act, and then you’ll see a scene acted out on screen which, while it’s never an exact replica of what he’s been talking about sort of fits with it in this profound, right-angled way to paint a bigger, broader picture than either the joke or the scripted scene could have painted on its own. It’s brilliant.

So I think maybe there’s reason to get excited about Louis C.K.’s semi-secret stand-up movie Hilarious. It won’t have quite the artistic profundity of his series, but the ideas behind it all will be there. Our own Katey Rich caught it at Sundance and came back effervescing about Louis’s brilliant ravings and now you’ll have a chance to catch it too. But only if you’re in the right place, at the right time.

EW has learned that Louis C.K.’s Hilarious will screen for only one night and in eight cities around the country. Those cities are Austin, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington DC. If you live anywhere else, you’re out of luck. Even if you live in those cities, you may be out of luck. They’re only playing it the one night and tickets are set to go on sale like, any minute. Apparently details are supposed to be posted on LouisCK.net, though I don’t see them yet. When they are, they’re sure to sell out instantly. Be quick on the trigger finger and let us know if you get in.